What a deliciously fun time we had this morning! Our young scientists made butter using the "shakin' butter" technique. We simply used heavy cream and shook it for about 20 minutes while we sang "Shake, shake, and butter we shall make!".
After exploring the characteristics of fruits and vegetables, we did a candy chromatography experiment to separate the dyes commonly used in candy. Chromatography is a simple laboratory technique to separate mixtures or, in our case, colors. We learned that even though a candy is one color, multiple artificial dyes are usually used to make that color.
